Conduit base and trim



Nov. 25, 1930. c. HARPER CONDUIT BASE AND TRIM Filed Jan. l1. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l 5&7@ MW mh %7042\ c. L. HARPER CONDUIT 'BASE AND TRIM Nov. 25, 1930.

Filed Jan. 11, '1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. `25, 1930 APrrrErr OFFICE CLARENCE L. HARPER, OF PHILADELPHIA7 PENNSYLVANIA coNDUrr EASE AND TRIM Application led January 1.1, 1928. Serial No'. 245,992.

The object oi. my invention is to provide means for, runnmg electric wires in the rooms of a building without exposing the wires to view. This object I attain by so constructing the bases and the trims of a room that the wires can be located within the bases and v trims.l

A further object of my invention is to so design an addition to the trim around a door- 1D frame or a window-frame which will enclose the wires and which will not require the removal of the trim and which will conform 5 to the general design of the trim.

In the accompanying drawings- Y -Figurel is a front view and elevation of a portion of the base and door trim of a room illustrating my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the base on the line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 4;

Fig. `14 is asectional plan view on the line 4-- 4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the base; I

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of a stri which is secured to the trim of a door or win ow; and

Fig. 7 is an angular member which laps over the trim and encloses the space for the wires. I

Referring to the drawings, 1 is abase board in the present instance, which is of a given height and has in its face a channel 2 of Sulli-4 cient depth to receive a 'number of electric wires 3, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

4 is a cover-strip which is the full depth of the base 1, the combined width of the base and cover strip being the width of the standard solid base.

5 is a molding which is located' above the base, but this moldin can be dispensed with in some instances. y this arrangement, where it is necessary, such as in apartment 45 houses,to run wires from a terminal point to dilerent rooms after the rooms have been finished, the standard base can be removed and vmy improved base structure substituted i for it, and when the wires are inserted in the channelof the base and the` cover-str1p 4 sey cured in position, it resembles the ordinary standard base and it may form a continuation of said base, as it will be understood that the wire may be run for a given length and an outlet locatedat the point desired.

Where it is necessary to run the wire around a doorway, for instance, and the trim 6 is of metal, as shown in Fig. 4, then a strip 7 (Fig. 6) is secured to the back of the trim by ordinary machine screws 8, which are screwed into tapped openings in the metal trim. v An extension trim 9 is then located in position so as to leave a space 10 for the wires 3. This trim is angular in cross section, one part 11 litting against the wall and the other 65 part 12 overlapping the strip 7, while a portion of the trim 6 and this extension trim is secured to the strip 7 by nails or screws 13.

The portion 11 of the trim is slotted at the base so as to allow a wire to-pass from the channel in the base 1 to the vertical channel around the trim 6.

The extension trim may be ornamented to agree with the ornamental finish of the metal trim so that, when the parts are completed, 75

the appearance ofthe trim and the base are the same as before the wires vwere inserted, with the exception that the trim is a trifle wider than the original trim. Bythis arrangement the wires are entirely enclosed and can be run to any part of an apartment without being* exposed to view.

I claim: 4

1. The combination in a base and trim for a room having a channel therein for wires, of acover-strip for closing the channel; a strip secured against the back of the trim of a door or window; and an angular extension trim, one vportion of the extension trlm' arranged to be spaced from the strip to form a channel for the wires, and the other portion arranged to overlap the strip and be operatively secured thereto. r v

2. The combination in a trim for a room, 95 consisting of the standard trim; and an extension trim angularin cross-section, one portion of the extension trim being spaced `from the rear of the' trim so as to form a cavity for wires, and the other portion overlapping the main trim and being operatively secured thereto.

3. The combination in a combined base and trim Jfor a room, of a trim; a strip secured to the back of the trim; an extension trim angular in cross section, one portion of the trim fitting against the Wall and spaced from the strip to form a channel for Wires, and the other portion of the extension trim overlapping the strip and a portion of the main trim and secured to the strip; a base abutting the extension trim and having a covered channel therein, the extension trim having a slot corresponding With the channel, sothat Wires can be located in the horizontal channel of the base and extend through channels around a doorway at the back of the trim.

4. The combination in a trim for a room, consisting of the standard trim; and an extension trim angular in cross section, one portion of the extension trim being spaced from the rearV ofthe trim so as to form a cavity for Wires, and being slotted along a portion of its length for the reception of the wires into the cavity, andthe other portion overlapping .the main trim and being operatively secured thereto.

. CLARENCE L. HARPER. 

